Take control of your Holiday Wellness Routine! Use the 28 days between Halloween & Thanksgiving this year to take small, daily action in radically improving your Nutrition, Fitness, Mindfulness and Relationships so that you look, feel and think your very best this holiday season & into the new decade! The scenario is all too commonContinueContinue reading “28-Day Holiday Wellness Action Plan”
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3 Mistakes Preventing Your Stress Free Wellness Routine
Ease your anxiety with these 3 steps to stress free wellness Do you get stressed out thinking of all the healthy things you need to do for yourself? Do you want more of a stress free wellness routine?Are you your own worst critic, beating yourself up for missing too many workouts or eating “off plan”?Are your friends &ContinueContinue reading “3 Mistakes Preventing Your Stress Free Wellness Routine”
Make this 1 Specific Mindset Shift to Stick to Your Health Goals
Ever feel like a victim when you’re trying to eat healthier? Use this one word to change the game. Let’s say you made the decision to cut something out from your typical diet… Gluten? Added sugar? Booze? Dairy? So many options when it comes down to what’s irritating you or bringing you down. Now, imagineContinueContinue reading “Make this 1 Specific Mindset Shift to Stick to Your Health Goals”
How to Save a Diet Fail: What to Do When You Fall Off Your Chosen Meal Plan
Have you ever committed to a meal plan, but fell off track because of habits, temptation or victim mentality, then didn’t know what to do next? Join the club. Here’s how to SAVE your healthy lifestyle efforts. Many of us have been here: We find a meal plan, diet book or nutrition program.Start on aContinueContinue reading “How to Save a Diet Fail: What to Do When You Fall Off Your Chosen Meal Plan”
Mindless Eating: Why You Can’t Stop Eating Sugar, Gluten, Salt and Other Addictive Foods
Stalled in your health goals? Acknowledge the foods & drinks that take you off the rails. As a Duke-trained, professional Integrative Health & Wellness Coach with Functional Nutrition training, not only do I recommend becoming more mindful of WHAT you eat, but also HOW & WHY you eat. It’s all part of my free ManageContinueContinue reading “Mindless Eating: Why You Can’t Stop Eating Sugar, Gluten, Salt and Other Addictive Foods”
How to Practice Mindful Eating by Considering WHEN (Not What) You Eat
Maybe you plan your meals, but what’s happening in between them? If you keep a mental or written note on what you plan to eat each day, well played! You’re preparing your army in the Game of Health (GoT, anyone?) However … life often throws us curveballs, like donuts, or dragons… All too often, we’ve trained ourselves toContinueContinue reading “How to Practice Mindful Eating by Considering WHEN (Not What) You Eat”
Science suggests spreading meals 6 hours apart is key to fat burn and weight loss
When it comes to nutrition, yes, WHAT you eat is key. But going cold turkey & completely overhauling your food choices DOESN’T GUARANTEE FAT BURN AND WEIGHT LOSS. In my trainings at Duke Integrative Medicine as a professional integrative health & wellness coach, and in my Functional Nutrition trainings as well, I’ve learned some keyContinueContinue reading “Science suggests spreading meals 6 hours apart is key to fat burn and weight loss”
7-Day Spring Health Challenge: Get Science-Backed Tips to Pinpoint Your Health & Wellness Struggle Zones
The 7-Day Health Challenge gives you NEW mindset hacks to pinpoint your health & wellness Struggle Zones It’s heeeere. The first day of spring has come & gone and APRIL is mere DAYS away!! Some of you have been on spring break, and while you may not have vacationed, you might still be in #VacationMode with your usual healthyContinueContinue reading “7-Day Spring Health Challenge: Get Science-Backed Tips to Pinpoint Your Health & Wellness Struggle Zones”
How Stress Makes You Fat: 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Mind-Body Connection and Slim Down in the Process
Our thought patterns & emotions deeply impact nearly every illness we can get – from arthritis to headaches, from the common cold to cancer. What does this mean? That our mind, brain and body are all chattin’ it up with each other all. the. time. What’s more? You can help these major pieces of whoContinueContinue reading “How Stress Makes You Fat: 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Mind-Body Connection and Slim Down in the Process”
What’s the Difference Between Mindfulness and Meditation and What Are the Benefits?
So you’ve probably heard the news: Mindfulness and Meditation are the new “it” couple They do ok on their own, but together, they make life oh so sweet … for both themselves, and everyone around them. Maybe you’ve tried to be more “mindful” but it only lasted a few seconds and then you stubbed yourContinueContinue reading “What’s the Difference Between Mindfulness and Meditation and What Are the Benefits?”
What is Wellness & How Can it Change Your Life
“Wellness” is so much more than general health or happiness. Have you ever heard a word and it just totally vibed with you? Like anytime you hear it or read it, you’re instantly like, “Yep. That’s me. That’s my word.” Well that is precisely how I’ve felt about the word “Wellness” since the wee earlyContinueContinue reading “What is Wellness & How Can it Change Your Life”
January 2019 Health Challenge: Make 2019 Your Healthiest Year Yet
Slay those 2019 health goals by starting out like a superhuman in Month 1We start a new year with all good intentions. We dream, we plan, we recruit. But for some reason, we end up falling short, forgetting our intended new year resolutions by mid-February. Why is that?! Studies have shown that reverting back toContinueContinue reading “January 2019 Health Challenge: Make 2019 Your Healthiest Year Yet”
Why Sugar Shortens Your Life & Mindfulness Lengthens It
When it comes to practicing mindfulness, do you feel like it’s just not your bag? When hearing about cutting sugar, do you feel like you don’t really consume THAT much? Even if you’re somewhere in between, if you’re looking to live a healthy life it’s crucial to understand the science behind why overconsumption of addedContinueContinue reading “Why Sugar Shortens Your Life & Mindfulness Lengthens It”
Week 1 of the 21 Day Challenge: Added Sugar, Morning Movement, Mindful Moments
Halloween đźŤÂ Thanksgiving 🥧 Christmas 🍪 oh my… As the great Lady Gaga once said, “you’re givin’ me a million reasons” to fall off the healthy train for a full 90 days!? How can we combat that common holiday downward spiral? With a hyper-focused reset that’s the complete opposite of all or nothing. If you caught my postContinueContinue reading “Week 1 of the 21 Day Challenge: Added Sugar, Morning Movement, Mindful Moments”
Breaking Bad: Drop Old Habits to Make Room for New Ones
You’ve heard the term, “drop it like a bad habit.” Well, why are so called bad habits so hard to break? Whether it’s the beginning of a new year, new season or new week – it’s all too common that we set intentions, make resolutions, declare goals, only to last a few weeks – orContinueContinue reading “Breaking Bad: Drop Old Habits to Make Room for New Ones”